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04-24-2017, 02:01 AM | #1 |
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Aussie and Kiwi barners
Anzac day tomorrow,we are off to the dawn service in the 33,
Going to lay a wreath for Wifes uncle Ian who was Killed in action in Egypt 1941. Lawrie |
04-24-2017, 04:33 AM | #2 |
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Good on you Lawrie & Carol. It's something we all seem to forget throughout the year until this day comes around. It's thanks to ALL those who served we now have a relative peaceful life.
Bless them All Kpar |
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04-24-2017, 04:43 AM | #3 |
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Members from the South East corner of the Queensland Early Ford V8 Club, provide some cars to carry a few returned servicemen, ( we call them " Diggers"), to their parade grounds for the Anzac Day Service at the Runaway Bay Returned Servicemens League. The numbers of older Diggers are thinning but the crowds are getting bigger.
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04-24-2017, 06:52 AM | #4 |
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My wife's uncle went down at night piloting a Halifax on the way to Hasselt in 44. His third and final mission.
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04-24-2017, 09:41 AM | #5 |
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We shall never forget those who served no matter where!! God bless them...........
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04-24-2017, 04:48 PM | #6 |
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Lest we forget. GB
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Graeme,
Look up " Advance Australia Fair " lyrics Don |
04-24-2017, 05:42 PM | #8 |
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Went to the dawn service attended by a wonderful crowd of locals and visitors. As 35ragtop mentioned, the numbers attending the Anzac services are on the increase. The young generation are embracing the tradition, long may it last.
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04-24-2017, 06:13 PM | #9 |
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Used to be easier when I was a kid the Anthems were the same "God Save the Queen"
As a Medical student I used to see a few WWI vets and was enthralled but their tales of "Johnny Turk" -Unfortunately they are all gone now. As a Doctor I used to run across WWII war vets all the time They are amazing. I remember taking someone's socks off and finding he was missing half a foot . "Oh That" he said " A bit shrapnel blew it off when I was flying my Lancaster to bomb Stettin one night" I asked him if he turned back . The answer was "Of course not the flight engineer bandaged it up and we went on to bomb the target " Turns out he was a Wing Commander and took over from Guy Gibson when he went to the Dambusters Squadron. Another of my patients was married to Mack Baigent who was a Wing Commander on Lancasters at age 22 He survived the war only to die of illness post war-My 22 year old struggles to get out of bed in the morning let alone command a wing of Lancasters! I now see fewer WW2 vets but some Vietnam Vets. They don't talk about it much but it must have been torrid. Their service certainly appears to have left a mark on their health - when you see a group of Vietnam vets they look a generation older than their same aged peers I thank them all for their service and am eternally grateful Karl |
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Thanks for your service, gentlemen. It's comforting to know we've got SOME friends we can depend on in this modern era !!
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04-24-2017, 06:28 PM | #11 |
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Napier service this morning accompanied by my daughter who proudly wore my Dads gongs the ranks are well thinned of WW2 vets now, thoughts today of our ANZAC Corp and those who made and still keep us free Lest We Forget.
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04-24-2017, 06:33 PM | #12 |
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We will remember them. The greatest generation. Thank you. Regards, Kevin.
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04-24-2017, 09:13 PM | #13 |
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My Father was a navigator on Catalinas in the South Pacific in WW2.
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04-24-2017, 10:41 PM | #14 |
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Interesting Karl. I can just remember one or two WW1 vets. Even tho I was very young they always seemed so respectful, well spoken and gentlemanly.
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I got called up for the Territorials because of the scare of the Korean war although we did not have to go overseas, I notice that at the R.S.A there are not many left of the W.W2 veterans now. We will remember them.
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04-25-2017, 12:08 AM | #16 |
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We used to live just up the road from the RSA hall,I remember all the old geezas going down to the hall after the dawn service,then they would trickle back past our house during the day,most under the weather,
I realise now they were mostly WW1 veterans. How I wish now I had stopped to say hullo instead of working on that old ford then. Lawrie |
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I started Med School in 1982 and real patient contact probably started in 1985 - So particulary on the Geriatric Wards I came in contact with quite a few WWI vets in their 80's and 90's. I agree they had such amazing manners and respect for their fellows. The third owner of my Fordor was a Mr Eric Bishoprick from Wellington who received the MC for gallantry in WWI -Karl
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And in the morning and the going down of the sun we shall remember them.
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